Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-26
DRIFT.

MIR. EDGAR FAwCErr has been rather |
roughly handled OF late by the critics
think he deserves about a,l he has so far got. |
tan I, ,.u, do hin, uooi E,, nj. chief |
go. -. a.. - -. :. -. ~ |
.a"'S Us 'e'"s '"e ' '""'o Va u."y ~
MS osner hu'ts' Is Eis coi'Sssi eeii''on.en
and ludicrCus vaony. There IS nothing IKE
q little smartiug criticism u euro one OF this |
disease no common To Young authors though |
nv no mean. conbned 10 then
. -, -
so isr, in"eeu' uoesn appear 'ha' 'u's
kind OF treatment Is having any very good
effect on MIR. Fawcett. On the contrary, 1t
has led him recently to retort In such wise as |
dicu,ous and consequently to cali forth loud
derision from the critics whom he scolds as |
mere "underpsid vendors OF opinions" and
sweep!ngly accuses of being "inconsistent
when they are not regrettahly ignorant - of
heipo aistipouished for Z. real hvsterical |
,,.,i.,, ,nha,,,,, sars,,;ran.ss =, ana a.
sisaus "uas one "uu
neuner worthy nor ao'e 10 give an oP'nion
apout authors VINO are "their suPeriofs pe-
yond expression"
A.. r,vrvrr bowsva- "a mt witbout
,,S,,'',,.,,, no~' a., .,. 80 y,
-, SIS ..
criucA no" uerceiy byron '"'heu On 'uen
isweii kno~n. Coleridge regarded them rs |
s.,, ;t ,ha or,t;' ha a,,a.t aS 60, sri,.r ~
| note in u,eratura. there are few notable |
writers by whom he has not at some time or
| other been sttscked In his turn. one OF the
| latest uuefances Is rom an author VINO Is
| s9uirhihg unaer me ctitlo. sI'acks IN eng.
land ss M. Fa"cett ls III this country ne
| ueclates ,ns' the CTiti5 usuaiIs ~ Is l,s'Ie
| htteo 70 oesi win the tasks ne sets hiuseli ss
| Amanlkin IL 10 grow aoout inc aualomy VI
| star, se.tinS iorin NJ 'he same tlhe MS own
1mousnts ss 10 now u snoulu oe otnMieu M
lhis writer anrms vanity 10 be the mann
| spfine OF ihe critic acaoh ms iesrs 10 we
tnousnt peheatu MS au'nor' anu 50 uoies gu,
siimlted humoer OF praises ana an uniimiteo
auShsl'y Oh sur.
| THESE recent onslsughts on the literary
| critic have induced A woman. With the re-
ysrssa chivalrv ot on- devansr.ts times To
| fence of the critic and his Office in al srticle
| in The Atlantic Monthly for March. In re-
ply to the charge that the critic seeks ITO
@ ton .n 'ne "ingeu s.eeu U .ie .uus ,,,on. ,,uu
| this famaIs rhambinn yeyv nartinentlv asks
, uIt as too often bsppens. the Winged
. | stees,, i. merely a donkey standing ambi.
, tiously on its hind legs, who but the critics
| can co,upal II tn resume its n adj ru paa al atti
| tudee" Tha. ia pretty hard on MIR. Fawcett
| But II Il "a neat and refined wsy Of calling
, | man a donkay "a I have ever conle across
,
| 1T cannot be denied. unfortunately, As th.s
| lady knight shows, that critics like doctors
oftan diss1,ea So radically that wa moor fol Ks
A | ,,ho ,.,ana 90, ,.ar,, ,cr .,,ia.,ca throu,b
1 ~. - ,,...-,... - =, -. ,'.,a,t,.ta.
A @ rai., @ ea,iaI "a. 80 "a ua a., aaI,,.a y,
AIe soIey pc, ,pteAsu, auu are III uahsei ~
q suaius 'uo ,ato y. the ',"'so ass 'Vuuu
/. s'aaN Neu ne."s." 80 ~, p"i',.i Si i1 -. "a. ,
i -uniess, inueeu, we SUM- iauEu ~ tne con,
9 snhsSI ssra io,a anu =, ~. s1u,s ,1u 80 .u
n | tuInly apnuvh 10 hauitday any ordinary mind
q to read Mr.. Ruskin's convincing demonst
;. ton OF the vast superiority OF Sir Walter
y SCOTS hsroines over ms heroes and then to
a ,ahe up lha. hutaottst'Ee M Grit'c, Mr. base
r. uo au e , a., - =, "a, 90. 80 p VI
tno ' ne ,i % iS ;y - "a ", noi ~
an, dIsnisvss HJ @ in his ssrnes @ u '''e'"'
"N "'Ap'"' e' IA us Hot'e'
ANOTHER instance, given by the writer OF
| tho sr,ic-a rsfsr,aa IN "a Emily R-o,ts uu hos.
- - -. -, ,,.., e.. - -, -"
" "oo te' l 'e'' .o' " ye"' . W . i'' O.
aud IN "hom We are now pereihPtofiiy COM
manded 10 recognize true poet. Miss Mary
Robinson, who, in common with most female
critic, never wearies of praising the splendid
sno vigorous Mo'e'hent Oh Etniy brohte
aan "i'm nrassiuansSs ,hair ,noto,,,.. otT..
music and Irregular risbtne,s o, form. on
| the other hand, Mr.. Gosse while acknowl
sdgisg in them very high order OF merit,
iaments tbat such burning thoughts should
Do 'conceaied inr ths most part In the tame
ana ampiinR measures dedicated 70 female
verse py reucia hthlahs anu Lettia Ian
uoh. 80 iar' ihueeu, ifolh recognizing
tne >ieuous hlpSeheht snn Irregular
rxutbess o, iofhi "nich MISS hpolnson
80 nuch ahniTse' be uesctloes Daath
scene one oi the hnoSt In point OF CON
oeptioh, rs c''''en III theasure thal Is IKE
the H'eiy "a ASha'iaoie ihs1i'h''oa'
THE extra ordinary blundets of critics do
give some very heavy weapons Into the
| hands nj THAR cnnp,orcr;,ics What a ,,,d
,.,,.s, 80, Co., .r,I .oaar,tro - -. ~.
''"eo' .o'''t GU" e'of",o "oPo ao'9 no'
the youlniui Ssplraot iof iiterary lsufels
derive from an thoss old ana longcherished
taies OF now many Oh the W0fios gfeatest
q authors ran aoou. rom Puollsner 70 puo
iisher, anu sent their manuscripts 10 one
l. | urn aiter the otne1, ohiy 70 receive the IN
variable reply telling now truly grleved the
j. publishers were not 10 accept me " most ex
celient WORK, e.c. untii al iast some daring
u nrin unuertook 10 otih9 oul tue worE, ana
i ~, ~. 'c1 v, . ~ ~t,., @ as iinuo, auotiie,
q mute ,hk @ ioi gus ,ilie'n Wa ssres:ue"'-ano
the publishers pockets were nlled
IT requires good deal Of charity to forget
: that the acute Noltaire sneered at Dauts's i'm.
mortal poem and thought Hamlet the wor k
= ofa drunken savage or to place much con ii
o | dance I'm the critics whan oua rama,n ha rs